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I baked many items for the bake sale: banana and blueberry muffins; chocolate and lemon cupcakes; and blackberry and cherry pie.
I baked many items for the bake sale: banana and blueberry muffins; chocolate and lemon cupcakes; and blackberry and cherry pie.
The club can meet in one of these locations, the gym, the library, or the cafeteria.
The club can meet in one of these locations, the gym, the library, or the cafeteria.
For my birthday I received: a new bike that I plan to use in a race next month and a gift card to the local book store.
For my birthday I received: a new bike that I plan to use in a race next month and a gift card to the local book store.
My favorite foods are: pizza with ham and pineapple; and lasagna.
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The correctly punctuated sentence is:
I baked many items for the bake sale: banana and blueberry muffins; chocolate and lemon cupcakes; and blackberry and cherry pie.
The use of the colon to introduce the list and the semicolons to separate complex list items is correct in this sentence.
The other sentences have punctuation issues, such as misplaced colons or unnecessary punctuation before conjunctions.
